Clear Channel Reviews

I worked at Clear Channel as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Pros are as follows (working for a station): you get to have the opportunity to be on the radio, work with a close knit of people, get free food from sponsors, and have the chance to meet famous people.

Cons – Cons are as follows (working for a station): you work independently and sometimes communication gets lost in the bunch of emails or other means of communications.

Advice to Senior Management – Check up with all your employees so you can constantly be up to date on things.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Clear Channel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great co-workers, lively and interesting environment, lots of free food, foam soap in the bathrooms, occasionally get to meet semi-famous people and politicians.

Cons – No opportunity for advancement, the management are disorganized, no one seems to be happy with their job except a few on-air talent. The sales department is extremely dysfunctional and disorganized. The whole place feels like a sinking ship.

Advice to Senior Management – Not sure if you need to do some kind of week long retreat on how to be good managers or if you all need to just be moved to other markets away from each other.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Clear Channel full-time

Pros – Fun times, good people, good overall values

Cons – Reduction in force, too much politics

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Clear Channel full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great properties to sell. Clear Channel offers amazing resources and training opportunities

Cons – Very little thought to the individual and LOTS of paperwork. They are more concerned with managing the processs than closing the sale. Too many different agendas/initiatives to follow and they seen to change on an almost weekly basis.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Clear Channel

Pros – Great employees who want to be a success, smart, creative people.

Cons – Corporate doesn't seem to notice/care about Minneapolis because we don't live in NY, LA, Tampa or Chicago.

Advice to Senior Management – Take some time to learn more about employees, what drives them, many do just enough for senior managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Clear Channel part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great management and great content.

Cons – they are slightly over staffed, ie: i wish i could get more hours!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Clear Channel as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Fun coworkers
Always something happening
Never a dull moment
I really enjoyed my time interning here, and it just reinforced my love of radio. Even the tasks I didn't particularly like taught me something.

Cons – Most everyone I worked with appeared to be on-call. I didn't see a lot of team meetings or other structured time for people to get on the same page. Exchange of information appeared to happen informally in the jock lounge whenever people ran into each other.

I worked at Clear Channel part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Free Food, drinks, tickets to concerts and events. There really isn't that much to say, it really is that bad.

Cons – Too many managers that never show up to work. Lack of communication and consistency. Managers are more worried about their own job and bottom line to care about a human life. Working the jobs of 3 people for half of one person's salary. Every CC station is a sinking ship. Get off now. Even if you are friendly with your boss and management, you will still get fired. The benefits are terrible.

Advice to Senior Management – You're too late on I heart radio. Hire more women in management positions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Clear Channel full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – For a sales person, lots of tools and support available. Better resources than any other radio group locally or nationally. You can create your own destiny and can create your own wins. It is not easy to work here, but the culture is not designed to reward people who what “easy.” If you want a challenge and to be paid for true sales performance, this is a great place.

Cons – You must want to work hard and have a lot of will to win. They have more resources, but they also have more responsibilities. If you want to do radio like it has been done in the past, this is NOT the place for you. But if you want to really sell and be paid well for selling big ideas, this IS the place for you.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to reward the high-performers. Take care of the ones creating the wins. Don't mourn for those that leave becasue they want it "easy."

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Clear Channel full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Radio used to be so much fun and was very rewarding but not any more. There are really no jobs left and those that are really don't pay like they used to.

Cons – Staffing is at an all time low, morale is completely gone, everyone knows that it is all over. Really very sad now.

Advice to Senior Management – They won't listen so why bother.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company